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The Book
of Life Chapter
1: Worry free … innocent such a big world out there
to explore, one step at a time
as we learn to walk. Chapter
2: Big world, but getting smaller … How do I look?
Do I do it right?
The follies of youth. Chapter
3: Time to leave home and all we know …
the world … we’re adults now
in years … at least. Will we
face mid life crisis? Chapter
4: Still growing, learn from looking back
at mistakes made …
can’t change the past. -- Sister Mary Ann Henn |
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In This Crazy World One
has to be a clown to fit in. He
needs laughter, the
loving laughter of
an audience. Our
oversized I’s are
as hilarious as
a clown’s eyes looking
at life thru
glasses he
doesn’t realize he
has on. Can’t?
Relax!
You’re at the circus. You
are a clown. Me?
Me? Oversized I’s, yes, I
can stand on my head and
look at your face. I
can hobble cuz I’m
awkward, but everyone
loves a clown. Me? Me? Am I funny? One
has to be a clown to
fit in this crazy world. -- Sister Mary Ann Henn |
Similar But
Separate
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I
wiggle my fingers and
smile … Kitten stares then
looks away. He
stares … slits his eyes, wiggles
his behind, then
pounces on my fingers. Pounces
again and again. We
play his game of
cat and mouse for a while, then
he chews my finger … No
sharp bite … pauses, looks
up at me and leaps
on my lap, purrs
as I stroke him. He
reaches up and pats my
cheek, then settles. Still
purring falls
asleep on my lap. -- Sister Mary Ann
Henn |
Little
girl stares across the
table … no smile … looks away
… looks back … away and
back … finally smiles then
lowers her head and grins at
me from under the table then
from top … eyes sparkle. We
play her game of
peek-a-boo for a while then
she comes over … hesitates
for a moment, looks
up at me then
climbs on my lap. No
purrs, but eyes
sparkle. She smiles, touches
my cheek. Still
smiling settles
down for a nap. -- Sister Mary Ann Henn |
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Standing
on Tiptoe New
to the world she
reaches for her
mother’s hand. Innocence
flows from
her eyes, from
her smile. “Let’s
go slow” her
mother whispers, but
her feet patter
quickly away. She
doesn’t speak English
yet. -- Sister Mary Ann Henn |
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